The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
5:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -58
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 353.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.18° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.21° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.